We had a rough start to the morning. Brendan had his appointment with the ophthalmologist today. After waiting almost an hour and a half, we finally went back to the exam room only to get the dilating eye drops and to be sent back to the waiting room for 25 minutes.

Brendan handled the wait pretty well.

The dilating drops worked quickly.

The diagnosis was a bit shocking though. His little eye scans from the pediatrician’s office and the preschool screening had led me to believe that he has slight myopia (nearsightness). When we went in, the doctor was saying they would find out today if he needed glasses now or if it was something that could wait until he really needed them, like for seeing in a classroom.
What they found though was that Brendan has severe hyperopia (farsightedness). He can not see objects in focus or detail at any distance. It is dizzying to read about it and realize how much this may have been affecting his life and development. His eyes and his brain have done so much to compensate, we just didn’t know. The doctor, nurses, and the optometrists all promised that Brendan is going to love his glasses and will have an awakening of vision.
I am excited for him, and sad at the same time.
We went for a glasses fitting right after the appointment and they should be ready Wednesday or Thursday next week.

Trevor and Gramma spent the morning together. I am so glad she was here to stay with Trevor so he didn’t have to be at the doctor’s all morning with us. They ended up taking a mile and a half long walk around the neighborhood!
Then tonight, Trevor got his haircut!
He did a really good job, with just a little squirming.

We were working on “freeze” and then get wiggles out in between snips. He had some really silly freeze faces.

The boys aren’t really in to dressing up, and it was a tough enough morning on Brendan. We just put on some cute holiday themed t-shirts and sat out on the driveway to pass out candy.

It was still hot outside, and there were some big groups of kids. Brendan got a box of Nerds from the neighbor and went around shaking and rattling it everywhere.

Trevor is doing his peanut butter cup dance.

We had some exhausted boys tonight. November is going to be a busy month with a lot of changes. We have to start by taking Gramma to the airport in the morning. It seems like she just got here!

Thanks to a great Groupon, our family now has an annual membership to the Arizona Science Center! We decided to go redeem our voucher today and take Gramma to see the museum.

The boys liked the outdoor water play area.

They were little scientists in their play lab

They built magnetic pathways for ping pong balls

They got to dig in dirt and water and rocks

Trevor pet a large hissing cockroach

Trevor held a millipede!

He actually let it crawl up his wrist without flinching or getting creeped out!

Brendan touched the millipede too, with the tip of one finger for a fraction of a second and then he was done! Other than riding in the elevators which terrifies Brendan, the boys had a really good morning. We look forward to going back there and finding new things to explore.

Trevor says goodbye to the lobby telescope.

Brendan finally caved in and let Gramma rock him for his nap. He has been so resistant! She just had to bribe him with frozen coke to get him to sit with her and then he got comfortable.

He is putting up a good fight tonight as far as going to sleep, but he is letting her rock him without struggling. He always plays hard-to-get and only breaks down toward the end of her visit!

Today was errands and more birthday presents.
This is what happens when we go to Sams Club.

The boys were eager to try out their new magic paint set

Thanks to the Pittsburgh family for sending the “madhouse”, aka the MEGA FUN set.

The boys really liked it.

I met this cool guy at a restaurant tonight, and then we went out to a movie. It wasn’t a dream! Thanks to Gramma and Nurse Sherry, Bill and I went out for a date to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary.
I was a nice getaway, and we were grateful knowing the boys were in good hands.
Happy Anniversary, Bill!